A Kynd Life
Hear from amazing guests who choose to live a kynd life - be inspired by their journey to veganism and how they spread the vegan message.
Your host Elisha Atchison is passionate about using her voice for the animals and empowering people to live a fulfilling vegan lifestyle.
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Episodes
133 episodes
Caring for people & animals - Mike
Mike recently retired after 40 years of service with Ambulance Victoria.Mike's father died of sudden cardiac arrest when he was 19 years old. It was a huge loss for his family, however Mike found his purpose in life when he decided to b...
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Reducing suffering - Louise Pfeiffer
Louise reflects on pivotal moments in her life and there are a few common threads - reading Peter Singer's books and the birth of her first child, all of which had a profound impact and led her to where she is today. During Louise's uni...
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Changing the world for dairy cows - Phoebe, Companions Cows
Phoebe co-founded Companion Cows after falling in love with cows and years of experience rescuing and fostering them. Companion Cows is on a mission to create a kinder world for dairy cows and their babies. Starting as a volunteer...
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Wild & Cruelty Free Beauty - Marisa, Wild & Cruelty Free
After ten years trialling beauty products, Marisa founded Wild & Cruelty Free - an online boutique featuring a carefully curated collection of tried and tested vegan beauty products. Marisa's always loved beauty, having started blogging ove...
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AJP National Conference 2023
This week we talk to Bronwyn Currie, Animal Justice Party's State Convenor in Victoria, as she shares everything you need to know about the upcoming AJP National Conference. The conference is being held on 11th & 12th No...
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Running a vegan retreat - Jan, The Beet Retreat
In 2012, after a 33 year career with Victoria Police, mostly in the mounted branch, Jan went vegan and faced what she describes as an “existential crisis”. What she did next changed the trajectory of her entire life! Jan's vegan j...
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Cook like an Indian - Tully, Tullyz Kitchen
Tully is an entertainer, entrepreneur and educator. Be prepared, this episode will have your mouth watering as Tully shares his passion for creating easy and authentic vegan curries. Growing up in Amritsar, the food capital of Punjab, T...
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Starting a real estate agency - Alicia, Saint & Wood
Alicia recently opened her own real estate agency Saint & Wood after being involved in real estate for over two decades. The agency is well on the way to being an entirely vegan agency, with 3 staff already vegan and one vegetarian.
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Working at Liberation Sanctuary - Jess
Jess was inspired to sign up as a volunteer at Liberation Sanctuary after going vegan. Less than a year later, Jess started working at the sanctuary, managing social media and coordinating volunteers.As a child, Jess wanted to help anim...
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Taking the alternative root - Chloe and Jacques
Chloe and Jacques are the organisers of Vegan Kids Gold Coast, while raising two vegan children and embarking on a year long trip around Australia in 2024. Chloe was seven when she made the connection between eating meat and the animals...
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Delivering ready made vegan meals - Amanda
Amanda and her husband Matt created Herbidoor to supply ready made vegan meals to their local community. Five years on and the company has a wide range of meals delivered across Australia. The inspiration behind Herbidoor was Matt's pas...
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Bodybuilding as activism - John Thomas, The Bodybuilding Vegan
It's been a year since I first interviewed John Thomas and what better time to have him back on the show, than while he is in the middle of a bodybuilding competition prep! John is aiming to compete in an amateur division bodybuilding c...
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Evidence-based vegan nutrition - Lisa, Lisa Violet Nutrition
Being a qualified Clinical Nutritionist and vegan for twelve years, Lisa helps clients optimise their plant based lifestyle. Going vegan sparked Lisa's curiosity to learn more about nutrition, so she studied a Bachelor of Nutritional &a...
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Connecting with rescued animals - Lynne, Galahad's Animal Sanctuary
Lynne started Galahad's Animal Sanctuary to provide care and a forever home to as many rescued animals as possible. Galahad's Sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates farm animals from various circumstances within the food system, as well as...
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The vegan pianist - Amber
Amber has been a musician all her life and wants to use her musicianship as a platform to spread the animal rights message. As a child, Amber's parents enrolled her in piano, violin and guitar classes, as well as choir. Playing th...
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Advocating for kangaroos - Alyssa, Victorian Kangaroo Alliance
Alyssa founded Victorian Kangaroo Alliance after recognising the need for a state-wide coordinated approach to targeting the persecution and exploitation of kangaroos, the victims of the world’s largest land-based wildlife trade.Alyssa ...
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Working to save threatened species - Dr Holly Sitters
Holly is an Ecologist working with a national conservation NGO to save threatened species. She is extremely passionate about identifying the early warning signs of decline in common species, so we can act before it's too late. Grow...
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A kinder world for dairy cows - Krystal, Companion Cows & Farm Transitions Australia
Krystal's purpose in life changed after rescuing two bobby calves, Frankie and Fletcher. She founded Companion Cows, a registered charity on a mission to create a kinder world for dairy cows and their babies. Krystal, her husband and tw...
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Creating change through storytelling - Emma, Veganography
Working as an educator in an animal sanctuary, Emma saw the impact sharing animal's stories had on people. She had the opportunity to curate their stories through film and found it so fulfilling, that Emma and her partner John decided to become...
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Shave to Sterilise Bali's Dogs - Jess, Project Bali Dog
Jess quit her eight year career as a Midwife and founded Project Bali Dog to protect and restore the welfare of dogs in Bali, Indonesia. Jess has sponsored Robbie, a rescued street dog in Bali for eight years. On her last visit, Jess wa...
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Rescue, rehabilitate and rehome chickens - Liz, Melbourne Chicken Rescue
Liz went vegan in the 80s and dived straight into activism. She got involved in chicken rescues from the broiler farm and egg industries and in 2013, Melbourne Chicken Rescue was born. Liz grew up in England and moved to Adelaide when s...
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Defending the wild - Alix Livingstone
Alix identified there was a gap in the advocacy of Australian wildlife and created a coalition initiative called Defend The Wild. Defend The Wild focuses campaigning efforts where agriculture and wildlife intersects such as lethal ...
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Teaching children kindness - Ingrid
Ingrid, her husband and two children went vegan during lockdown.A friend suggested she watched Seaspiracy and Ingrid was blown away, it was the catalyst that changed everything. Ingrid first went vegetarian and then went vegan after see...
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Equalising the Ocean - Kate Parker, Daughters of the Deep
Kate's maritime journey began when she moved to Australia almost ten years ago and started volunteering for Sea Shepherd and Coast Guard. By chance, Kate and her friends attended a Sea Shepherd screening of Cowspiracy. It turned out to ...
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